 Earthecology Web
Site
The Earth Ecology Institute, Inc is “a non-profit
research and education group specializing in disturbance ecology,
focusing primarily on coastal wetland ecosystems.”
This site provides research and educational support in such
areas as hydrology, fisheries, waterfowl and hydric soils in wetlands
and uplands worldwide. This site is updated regularly.
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 Bluebonnett
Swamp
(Site no longer links to flora or fauna indigenous to Bluebonnet
Swamp but selecting Back to Animals…will allow
navigation to Other Interesting Swamp Links.)
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 Louisiana
Blues Exhibit
This site chronicles four teams of Capitol High
School National Honor Society students “performing experimental
research using simulated wetland mesocosms, and the presentation of
results at Baton Rouge Earth Day celebrations on April 16, 2000.”
Calendar of events is updated regularly.
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The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
This cooperative program between EPA and the State of
Louisiana was chartered in September of 1990 “for the protection and
preservation of Louisiana’s Barataria and Terrebonne basins.”
This site is updated regularly and includes a search engine.
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resources
Louisiana State Department of Wildlife & Fisheries
LDWF is “charged with the responsibility of
managing and protecting Louisiana’s abundant natural resources.”
This site is updated regularly and includes a search engine.
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resources
Louisiana State Department
of Environmental Quality
DEQ’s mission is “to maintain a healthful and
safe environment for the people of Louisiana.”
This site is updated regularly and includes a search engine.
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LA Energy & Environmental Resource & Information
Center (LEERIC)
LEERIC provides “a dynamic information- and
science-based education, coastal, energy, and environmental information
service for the state of Louisiana.”
This site includes a search engine.
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Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
DNR’s mission is “to preserve and enhance the
nonrenewable natural resources of the state, consisting of land, water,
oil, gas, and other minerals, through conservation, regulation, and
management/exploitation, to ensure that the state of Louisiana realizes
appropriate economic benefit from its asset base.”
This site is updated regularly and includes a search engine.
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Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
The Coalition was incorporated “to address and
advocate for the restoration and preservation of the Mississippi River
Delta.”
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resources
 Lake
Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
The foundation is “a membership-based citizens’ organization
dedicated to restoring and preserving the Lake Pontchartrain Basin.”
This site is updated regularly.
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resources
Gulf of Mexico Program
This program is “a network of citizens dedicated to
managing and protecting the resources of the Gulf of Mexico in ways
consistent with the economic well-being of the region.”
This site is updated regularly and includes a search engine.
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resources
 The
Nature Conservancy
The Conservancy was founded in 1951, and its mission is “to
preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the
diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need
to survive.” This site is
updated regularly and includes a search engine.
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resources available via site search under “educational materials”
Region 6 of the Environmental Protection
Agency (Louisiana's)
EPA Region 6 includes the states of Arkansas,
Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, and “is dedicated to
improving and preserving the quality of the environment and protecting
human health.” This site includes a search engine.
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Ben Franklin High
This site features links to numerous environmental science
information sites.
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resources available through individual links.
Louisiana Resource Center for Educators
LRCE is “dedicated to supporting innovation in
education for students, teachers, administrators, higher education and
families.” This site
includes a search engine.
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The National Environmental Education Advancement Project
(NEEAP),
NEEAP is “a national organization which aids state
and local environmental education leaders in promoting their
environmental education efforts, and develops informational items on
building state capacity for environmental education.”
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resources LOUISIANA
SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
LSTA is “a special group of interdisciplinary
science educators, including K-12 classroom teachers, university
faculty, informal educators, concerned citizens, and business personnel
dedicated to improving science education.”
This site is updated regularly.
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resources
SCIENCE MASTER
The goal of this commercial site “is to provide
kids and adults with the most comprehensive, value-added clearinghouse
of information on science and technology.”
This site is updated regularly and includes a search engine.
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resources
Environmental Education and Training Partnership
(EETAP)
EETAP is “a consortium of leading education
organizations and institutions working to build high quality,
sustainable, coordinated and comprehensive EE programs across the United
States.”
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Environmental Diseases from A to Z
This site is a joint effort of the National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences and National Institutes of Health. It links to both of these institutes’ web pages that are
updated regularly and include site search engines.
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Lesson Plans
This commercial site is the web page of edHelper and
offers thousands of lesson plans, worksheets, additional educational
sites, and daily educational news updates.
Site is updated daily and includes a search engine.
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